While graphics card deals have been the stars of Black Friday 2019 thus far, plenty of AMD Ryzen processors have been discounted too. If you're building a PC, this represents one of the best times to pick up a new CPU. Here are the best deals on AMD Ryzen processors - and some Intel Core competitors - that we've found so far.

First, let's take a look at the third-gen Ryzen deals. These CPUs use the company's new Zen 2 cores, which provide significantly better single-threaded performance thanks to their larger cache and the transition to a 7nm manufacturing process.

Intel processors are also available, but relatively few are on sale. They do provide better performance than AMD in straight gaming scenarios, although AMD's processors generally require less expensive motherboards to work well and provide much better multi-threaded performance, which is great for content creation tasks. However, if gaming is all you'll be doing on your PC, Intel can still be a great choice. Here are the best deals we've found on current-gen Intel models: